{"id":116708,"date":"2024-10-21T13:54:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T06:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116708"},"modified":"2024-10-21T13:54:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T06:54:48","slug":"harris-urges-black-churchgoers-in-georgia-to-head-out-to-vote-and-gets-an-assist-from-stevie-wonder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=116708","title":{"rendered":"Harris urges Black churchgoers in Georgia to head out to vote and gets an assist from Stevie Wonder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>JONESBORO, Ga. (AP) \u2014 <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/kamala-harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a><\/span> on Sunday summoned Black churchgoers to turn out at the polls and got a big assist from music legend Stevie Wonder, who rallied congregants with a rendition of Bob Marley\u2019s \u201cRedemption Song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harris visited two Atlanta area churches as part of a nationwide push known as \u201csouls to the polls.\u201d It\u2019s a mobilization effort led by the National Advisory Board of Black Faith Leaders, which is sending representatives across battleground states to encourage early voting.<\/p>\n<p>After services, buses took congregants straight to early polling places. <\/p>\n<p>At both churches, Harris delivered a message about kindness and lifting people up rather than insulting them, trying to set up an implicit contrast with <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Republican Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a><\/span> brash style. With just 16 days left until <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/election-2024\">Election Day<\/a><\/span>, Harris is running out of time to get across her message to a public still getting to know her after a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/biden-drops-out-2024-election-ddffde72838370032bdcff946cfc2ce6\">truncated campaign<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is so much at stake right now,\u201d she said at the Divine Faith Ministries International in Jonesboro. \u201cOur strength is not based on who we beat down, as some would try to suggest. Our strength is based on who we lift up. And that spirit is very much at stake in these next 16 days.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Wonder led the crowd in singing his version of \u201cHappy Birthday\u201d to the vice president, who turned 60 on Sunday. When he was done, she appeared to choke up, saying, \u201cI love you so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wonder grinned and said \u201cdon\u2019t cry\u201d before telling the crowd how important it was for people to get out and vote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to make the difference between yesterday and tomorrow,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Harris later said that she \u201chad to check off a whole big one\u201d on her bucket list because of Wonder singing her a birthday song, which prompted the singer to spring up and lead the congregation in a quick verse of \u201dHigher Ground.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Pastor Donald Battle said of the election: \u201cGeorgia\u2019s gonna be the state that turns it for the vice president.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSouls to the Polls\u201d as an idea traces back to the Civil Rights Movement. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/calendar.eji.org\/racial-injustice\/may\/7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Rev. George Lee<\/a><\/span>, a Black entrepreneur from Mississippi, was killed by white supremacists in 1955 after he helped nearly 100 Black residents register to vote in the town of Belzoni. The cemetery where Lee is buried has served as a polling place.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2020-virus-outbreak-race-and-ethnicity-new-york-voting-c8f6ec1b9eb46c6e49340747d781bb11\">Black church congregations<\/a><\/span> across the country have undertaken get-out-the-vote campaigns for years. In part to counteract voter suppression tactics that date back to the Jim Crow era, early voting in the Black community is stressed from pulpits nearly as much as it is by candidates.<\/p>\n<p>In Georgia, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/georgia-early-voting-election-ballots-trump-harris-32446269d76969f16a8215a95d0496b9\">early voting began on Tuesday, and more than 310,000<\/a><\/span> people voted on that day, more than doubling the first-day total in 2020. A record 5 million people voted in the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Sunday, the Democratic presidential nominee attended New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Stonecrest, where the congregation also sang \u201cHappy Birthday.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>New Birth Pastor Jamal Bryant called the vice president \u201can American hero, the voice of the future\u201d and \u201cour fearless leader.\u201d He also used his sermon to welcome the idea of America electing its first woman president, saying, \u201cIt takes a real man to support a real woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Black women roll up their sleeves, then society has got to change,\u201d Bryant said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about the 2024 Election Today's news: Follow live updates from the campaign trail from the AP. Ground Game: Sign up for AP's weekly politics newsletter to get it in your inbox every Monday. AP's Role: The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848. Learn more.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about the 2024 Election<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Harris referenced scripture as she promoted the importance of loving one\u2019s neighbor, and then drew a contrast to the current political environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this moment, across our nation, what we do see are some who try to deepen division among us, spread hate, sow fear and cause chaos,\u201d Harris told the congregation. \u201cThe true measure of the strength of a leader is based on who you lift up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One congregant who got a hug from Harris was 98-year-old Opal Lee, an activist who pushed to make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Harris is a Baptist. Her husband, Doug Emhoff, is Jewish. She has said she\u2019s inspired by the work of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and influenced by the religious traditions of her mother\u2019s native India as well as the Black Church. Harris sang in the choir as a child at Twenty-Third Avenue Church of God in Oakland. <\/p>\n<p>Her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, attended church in Saginaw, Michigan, and his wife, Gwen, headed to a service in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Also Sunday, Harris sat for an interview with the Rev. Al Sharpton and was asked about the idea that she might see her support slipping among Black men \u2014 some of whom <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/harris-male-voters-sexism-trump-support-obama-bcf8dbcce4700ba24725ca178f7753b0\">might be reluctant to vote for a woman for president<\/a><\/span>. Former President Barack Obama suggested <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/election-2024-black-men-obama-harris-misogyny-c468d83d73c52406648c9bd5e7b9a33d\">that might be an issue<\/a><\/span> during a recent campaign stop for Harris in Pittsburgh. <\/p>\n<p>Harris said she had garnered support from many key Black male leaders, adding, \u201cthere\u2019s this narrative about what kind of support we are receiving from Black men that is just not panning out in reality.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On Monday, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/harris-cheny-duke-university-liz-dick-55852b4dffc447413616a01b6a38c920\">she will campaign with former U.S. Rep. 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